• Brought to Vancouver from England after WWI

 • A working Vancouver truck hauling coal tar

 • Used as a snowplow to clear the BC Electric streetcar lines(BC Hydro)

 • BC Provincial Museum staff restored the truck in 1974

 • Cab was offered only on British Made FWD Trucks

 • The engine, supplied by the” Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Company ” was also used in the legendary Stutz Bearcat.

 • A 6 cylinder version of the engine was used in Power shovels that dug the Panama canal.

 • The FWD Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company of Clintonville, Wisconsin, was started to build 4 wheel drive automobiles only.

 • First named as the Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company in 1908

 • Their first car was twice the price of any other car and named the “Battleship”

 • Known as the Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company in 1910, the FWD Corporation in 1958.

 • Purchased many Fire fighting companies starting in 1963, the built FWD 6 wheel drive firetrucks for airports into the 1990’s.

 • A small newspaper ad lead to a visit by the Military thast was looking to replace Mules and wagons.

 • The army stipulated their trucks must be able to match the speed of marching troops without overheating (3 to 4 mph approx. 6 kmh)

 • The FWD Model B was still used in WWII

 • The Model B truck was also built in Kitchener, Ontario and England.

 • The axles width of 4 ‘ 8½” allowed them to run on standard railroad tracks.

 • First saw military action against Pancho Villa

 • Factory refurbished Model B’s were still sold at least until 1939 with parts still available in the 1980’s.